B.A. Lawlor

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

B.A. Lawlor is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, B.A. Lawlor has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in B.A. Lawlor's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (9 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (2 papers). B.A. Lawlor is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (9 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (2 papers). B.A. Lawlor collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and Czechia. B.A. Lawlor's co-authors include Trey Sunderland, Paul Newhouse, Jordan Grafman, Alan M. Mellow, James Hill, Breda Cullen, Brian O’Neill, J. J. Evans, Michael Kirby and Robert F. Coen and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Pharmacological Reviews and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

B.A. Lawlor

18 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Clock Drawing in Alzheimer's Disease 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Clock Drawing in Alzheimer's Disease
    1989 812 citations Trey Sunderland, James Hill et al. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B.A. Lawlor Ireland 12 977 377 230 214 207 19 1.6k
M Katz United States 14 1.0k 1.0× 369 1.0× 422 1.8× 174 0.8× 163 0.8× 21 1.8k
Ker-Neng Lin Taiwan 22 900 0.9× 277 0.7× 373 1.6× 167 0.8× 166 0.8× 42 1.5k
Rhiannon Goddard United States 2 1.2k 1.2× 311 0.8× 438 1.9× 179 0.8× 204 1.0× 4 1.8k
Swapna Verma United States 6 1.3k 1.3× 314 0.8× 448 1.9× 182 0.9× 244 1.2× 8 2.0k
Oscar L. Lopez United States 2 1.1k 1.1× 222 0.6× 308 1.3× 105 0.5× 343 1.7× 2 1.4k
Jay S. Luxenberg United States 24 762 0.8× 466 1.2× 294 1.3× 148 0.7× 166 0.8× 48 2.3k
Kathleen A. Welsh United States 15 818 0.8× 379 1.0× 317 1.4× 110 0.5× 164 0.8× 22 1.6k
Bo Hagberg Sweden 24 526 0.5× 249 0.7× 319 1.4× 156 0.7× 349 1.7× 73 1.9k
Laura K. Chiodo United States 18 725 0.7× 232 0.6× 175 0.8× 149 0.7× 217 1.0× 24 1.4k
H. Randall Griffith United States 29 1.2k 1.2× 467 1.2× 277 1.2× 117 0.5× 438 2.1× 47 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by B.A. Lawlor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B.A. Lawlor

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Akinyemi, Rufus, Oladotun Olalusi, Joseph Yaria, et al.. (2025). Association between cardiovascular and cognitive health among older Indigenous Africans: Data from an urban Nigerian settlement participating in the VALIANT study. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(9). e70669–e70669.
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McCarthy, Bruce D., et al.. (2017). Cardiac Issues Raised by an Examination of the Antipsychotic Prescribing Practices in the Elderly of St. James's Hospital (SJH), Dublin. European Psychiatry. 41(S1). S659–S659. 1 indexed citations
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Bruce, Irene, et al.. (2017). Phenocopy Frontotemporal Dementia: A Case Series from a National Memory Clinic and a Review of the Literature. European Psychiatry. 41(S1). S636–S637. 1 indexed citations
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Mhaoláin, Aine M. Ní, Damien Gallagher, Lisa Crosby, et al.. (2011). Correlates of frailty in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Age and Ageing. 40(5). 630–633. 17 indexed citations
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Brazil, Jennifer, et al.. (2007). Apolipoprotein E promoter polymorphisms (−491A/T and −427T/C) and Alzheimer’s disease: no evidence of association in the Irish population. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -). 177(1). 29–33. 5 indexed citations
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Cullen, Breda, et al.. (2006). A review of screening tests for cognitive impairment. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 78(8). 790–799. 374 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael, et al.. (1999). Influence of symptoms of anxiety on treatment of depression in later life in primary care: questionnaire survey. BMJ. 318(7183). 579–580. 4 indexed citations
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Tyrrell, Janette, et al.. (1999). Determinants of aggression, and adaptive and maladaptive behaviour in older people with Down’s syndrome with and without dementia. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 43(5). 393–399. 21 indexed citations
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Denihan, Aisling, et al.. (1998). Use of Psychotropic Medication in Long Term Residents of a General Nursing Home. Age and Ageing. 27(suppl 2). 39–39. 1 indexed citations
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Duclos, Philippe, et al.. (1997). Reporting vaccine-associated adverse events.. PubMed. 43. 1551–6, 1559. 13 indexed citations
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Lawlor, B.A., Gregory Swanwick, C. Feighery, J.B. Walsh, & Davis Coakley. (1996). Acute phase reactants in Alzheimer's disease. Biological Psychiatry. 39(12). 1051–1052. 15 indexed citations
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Rowan, Michael J., Robert F. Coen, Denis O’Mahony, et al.. (1996). Clinical application of electrophysiological markers in the differential diagnosis of depression and very mild Alzheimer's disease.. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 60(1). 82–86. 36 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael, et al.. (1996). Letter and Category Fluency in Alzheimer's Disease: A Prognostic Indicator of Progression?. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 7(5). 246–250. 22 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael, et al.. (1996). Family members' attitudes toward telling the patient with Alzheimer's disease their diagnosis: Table 1. BMJ. 313(7056). 529–530. 104 indexed citations
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Lawlor, B.A., et al.. (1996). Use of the Clock Drawing Task in the Diagnosis of Mild and Very Mild Alzheimer’s Disease. International Psychogeriatrics. 8(3). 469–476. 58 indexed citations
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Sunderland, Trey, Karen Putnam, Alan M. Mellow, et al.. (1992). COGNITIVE EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM DEPRENYL AND HYDERGINE IN ALZHEIMERʼS DISEASE PATIENTS. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 15. 161B–161B. 2 indexed citations
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Siever, L.J., R.S. Kahn, B.A. Lawlor, et al.. (1991). Critical issues in defining the role of serotonin in psychiatric disorders.. Pharmacological Reviews. 43(4). 509–525. 84 indexed citations
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Sunderland, Trey, James Hill, Alan M. Mellow, et al.. (1989). Clock Drawing in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 37(8). 725–729. 812 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sunderland, Trey, et al.. (1988). NIMH Dementia Mood Assessment Scale (DMAS).. PubMed. 24(4). 747–53. 38 indexed citations

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